Vioxx Shows: FDA Unable To Protect Public From Deadly Medical Drugs

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23 Nov 2004 18:01:02 -0000

 

Health Supreme Update: Vioxx Shows: FDA Unable To Protect

Public From Deadly Medical Drugs

 

sepp

 

Health Supreme Update: Vioxx Shows: FDA Unable To Protect Public From

Deadly Medical Drugs

 

November 23, 2004

 

 

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According to recent congressional testimony, " the FDA as

currently configured is incapable of protecting America against

another Vioxx. We are virtually defenceless, " said David

Graham, associate director of the agency's Office of Drug

Safety. The quote is from an article published in South Africa,

titled Doctor: FDA is too cosy with drug firms. The FDA is the

national food and medicines regulatory agency of the US but it

has been held in high esteem in countries world wide, where

drug safety is the issue. So much so, that many drugs are

approved around the world as if by an invisible domino effect.

Once the FDA gives it the green light,...

 

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Sepp

 

 

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